Like China cares about what people think or want. This, actually, gives them an edge over soft human loving West. We are going to loose to the ruthless practical power of China, unless... I am not sure what we can do about it, really.

In Soviet Russia, to be an artist, you had to be a member of the artist guild, access to which was controlled by the government. Government could kick you out of the guild at any moment for any reason. You could be a member and get some official salary... provided your art is inline with the Communist ideas and goals. Be obedient and do the right thing and you are going to be fine. I think Irish took the idea from them. Very wise, very wise.

It is a small amount of money, they (artists) do not have. This small amount is going to be taken from somebody and distributed by a a bureaucrat to somebody else. Small is a relative term, artist is a vague term. Obviously, this is going to end up as horrendous abusive hole for the society. And, it is not obvious what is a practical benefit of giving money to these "artists" is, either.

I guess, these money are somebody else's. Right? Why not to give the money to doctors? Or drivers? Are they inferior?

How do you become an artist there? Any exams?

I think, this is how you get oil. The biomass it constantly being converted into something that keeps carbon in it. Unless you burn the dead trees right away.

Why? They look the same, they smell the same, they sound the same, they feel the same, but they are different. Hmmm....

My point is, that not many people out there will be able to make this distinction. This is exactly my point from the very beginning. Yes, if I know that you know this much, and I know this much, I may get what you mean. However, there are a lot of people who throw this name at almost random and a lot of people how will take it in a very loose sense. And this is exactly why it is _usually_ not helpful.

The issue is that while AI can do some work done, it does make mistakes, same as humans. However, you can fire a human, and humans tend not to want that. If an AI makes a mistake... then what? You fire it? And? Replace it with what?

I really think that it is not going anywhere until there is some kind of "accountability" in what the AI does. ChatGPT looses some of the employer's money, then OpenAI covers the loss. Then we may get somewhere.

It is not helpful. I causes a certain reaction by people which is totally unjustified. You may mean that someone puts group needs above personal rights, but many people will see a person poisoning babies in gas chambers. How is it helpful? It is difficult to put forward and defend your ideas when everyone thinks that you are a mass murdering monster. Do you not agree?

I am not sure why you would think that the admin is a fascist. Did he murder Jewish children in a gas chamber?

I think that we have to differ. The fact that some members of the government or a party says something that has some "fascist" connotation, does not mean anything until we start getting "... something to do with socialism, both were based on group ideology and both used oppression, strict control and strong hierarchy. ...". The real solutions come from thinking and discussing multiple opinions on the issue. Sometimes people make mistakes, sometimes they can offer bad solutions, this is why discussion and diversity of opinions is so important. It is difficult to expect a single person to come up with all good solutions without discussing it with many others. It is only a system of oppression is formed and we can start talking of fascism... Like in putin's russia, for example.

But throwing "fascists" at each other during the discussion stage is counterproductive at many levels. Especially, that the term carries so much weight due to the historical reasons.

Well, it is important what a political party calls itself. This determines how they position themselves, at least initially, to gain members. Once they gain members they have to show that the fulfill their promises. If you clam to be a socialist you must deliver.

I would argue that communist russia was pretty much as fascist as nazi germany. Yes, they had they goals stated differently, but they both claimed to have something to do with socialism, both were based on group ideology and both used oppression, strict control and strong hierarchy. They are, probably, as far as it is possible on the political spectrum, from "far left" to the "far right", and yet there was very little difference in the end result for their people. Anybody could end up in a "labor camp" or a "gulag". Do you see a problem here?

We throw this word too easily without much thinking. You do not like somebody, then just call him/her a fascist and everyone will hate the person, and because there is no real definition that everyone agrees upon the person will never be able to clear his/her name. This is quite bad, actually. I did some research on the topic of fascism myself, and I think that todays definition is absolutely wrong and has nothing to do with actual fascism. For example, it is claimed to be a "far right" ideology, while it actually started as "far left". Nazis called themselves "national *socialists*", everything was based on social programs for pure nationals. How is it "far right"? See, there is no agreement even on this very basic point. How can you throw this term so easily?

You know nothing about the other person, however you are making comments of cosmic depth as well as cosmic stupidity. This says more about you than about the person you are commenting about.

Right, it is better to kill the baby so that the woman can do it again and skip any long term responsibility. We should consider introducing post-labor abortions as well. Just in case the baby does not do what we want. Do Persians do this already?